Granit Lekaj

Granit Lekaj
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-02-23) 23 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Winterthur
Number 23
Youth career
FC Pfäffikon
2004–2008 Winterthur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Winterthur U21 46 (2)
2010–2011 Winterthur 9 (0)
2011–2015 Wil 121 (2)
2015–2017 Schaffhausen 56 (3)
2017–2018 Wil 27 (2)
2018– Winterthur 190 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024

Granit Lekaj (born 23 February 1990) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and Captain for Winterthur.

Career

Lekaj is a product of the youth academies of FC Pfäffikon and Winterthur, beginning his senior career with the reserves of the latter in 2008, before promoting to their senior team in 2010. He transferred to Wil on 20 July 2011.[1] After four years at Wil and 121 appearances and 2 goals, he moved to Schaffhausen on 30 July 2015.[2] He returned to Wil on 21 July 2017.[3]

On 5 June 2018, Lekaj returned to his first club Winterthur on 5 June 2018. He became the captain of the club on 9 October 2021.[4] He captained the team win the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League and earn promotion into the Swiss Super League for the 2022–23 season.[5]

Personal life

Born in Pristina, present day Kosovo, Lekaj moved to Switzerland at a young age.[6]

Honours

Winterthur

References

  1. ^ "Wil verpflichtet drei Spieler". St. Galler Tagblatt.
  2. ^ "Granit Lekaj verlässt den FC Wil". sport-fan.ch.
  3. ^ "Lekaj kehrt nach Wil zurück". St. Galler Tagblatt.
  4. ^ "Fussball: Granit Lekaj im FCW – Vom Cupsieger mit der U16 zum Captain des "Eins"". Der Landbote.
  5. ^ "Der Captain des FC Winterthur ist ein Pfäffiker – so erlebte er den Aufstieg". zueriost.ch.
  6. ^ "FCW-Captain Lekaj: "Das wird das grösste Spiel meiner bisherigen Karriere"". blue News.